Men’s Basketball (2-14/1-8)
Jan. 20th vs. Geneseo, L 51-61
The SUNY Oneonta men's basketball team didn't score a field goal over a seven minute stretch, which cost them last Friday versus SUNY Geneseo 61-51. The contest was tight throughout with 10 ties and nine lead changes, but in the end, the Blue Knights capitalized on the scoreless drought en route to the victory on the road.
When sophomore
Dan Lee (Ballston Lake/Shenendehowa) connected from downtown at the 10:04 mark of the second half, Oneonta pulled to within 48-47. Over the next 7:13, the Blue Knights would score 13 unanswered points to put the game out of reach.
The two teams battled to a 30 all tie through the first 20 minutes of the contest. Both squads shot better than 40 percent in the first half. Oneonta's last lead was at 30-28 just before halftime. The Red Dragons largest lead was 23-18 with 7:45 to go in the first half.
Geneseo shot an even 50 percent in the second half and their bench outscored Oneonta's bench 21-11 in tonight's contest.
Lee was the only player in double figures for Oneonta tonight with 11 points. He hit 3-of-8 from behind the arc and 4-of-10 overall in the game.
Jan. 21st vs. Brockport, W 59-57
SUNY Oneonta freshman
Frankie Kelly (Brewster/Kennedy Catholic) scored the final six points in leading the Red Dragons to a dramatic 59-57 victory over visiting Brockport last Saturday in SUNYAC men's action. The win for Oneonta snapped its losing skid as they hit the road for five straight games.
Oneonta was in control of the game throughout the first half and into the beginning of the second half. The Red Dragons built itself a 36-18 lead at the break before Brockport began chipping away.
A layup at 13:35 cut Oneonta's lead to nine points at 39-30. Over the next six minutes, the Golden Eagles put together another 13-4 run to tie the score at 43 apiece with 7:02 remaining in the contest. A basket at 6:20 gave Brockport its first lead since 4-2 on a layup at 17:38 of the first half.
Brockport held its lead and actually got to as many as seven points on a pair of free throws with 3:52 left.
A layup by
Kevin Donahue (South Glens Falls/South High) cut Brockport's lead to five points. A pair of free throws by Kelly made the score 51-48 with 3:12 still remaining.
The two teams exchanged baskets and, after consecutive missed jumpers by Brockport,
Lee drilled a three-pointer to tie the game at 53 with 2:05 to go.
After a flurry of rebounds on the offensive end for Brockport that came up empty, it was Kelly that hit a runner in the lane to put Oneonta ahead to stay with 20 seconds remaining. After a pair of misses for Oneonta at the line, the Golden Eagles tried to go full court for one last shot to tie or win the game, but Kelly knocked the ball away as time expired.
Lee led Oneonta with 17 points. The Red Dragons outrebounded Brockport 40-24 including 14 off the offensive glass.
Women’s Basketball (10-5/8-1)
Jan. 20th vs. Geneseo, W 53-48
In a battle between two of the top teams in the SUNYAC, it was SUNY Oneonta that came out on top of defending conference champion Geneseo last Friday 53-48. Senior
Madison Slagle (Rome/Rome Catholic) scored a game high 22 points in leading the Red Dragons to the victory to keep them atop the SUNYAC standings.
Oneonta captured the lead for good on a
Samantha Szkotak (New York Mills/New York Mills) free throw to give Oneonta a 33-32 lead in the second half. Back-to-back baskets by Szkotak and Slagle pushed Oneonta's lead to 37-32 with 8:52 remaining in the contest.
Geneseo came out of halftime and scored nine unanswered points to grab the lead at 32-27.
The game remained close and Geneseo made the game interesting in the closing minute as the two teams exchanged free throws. A technical foul after a foul was called on Oneonta on a three point attempt gave Geneseo five free throws trailing 51-44 with eight seconds remaining. Geneseo made 4-of-5 to pull within three points at 51-48.
Slagle was fouled on the ensuing in-bounds play and she made her two free throws to ice the game for the Red Dragons.
The first half saw both teams combine for 26 three-point shots attempted with Oneonta hitting four to Geneseo's two. Oneonta held its largest lead at 27-18 after a lay-up by sophomore
Kristin Pappalardo (Mahopac/Lakeland) with 3:17 remaining in the half. The Red Dragons didn't register another basket in the half as Geneseo cut the lead to 27-23 heading into the break.
Pappalardo had six points and a team high nine rebounds.
Jan. 21st vs. Brockport, W 59-39
Three players scored in double figures last Saturday for the SUNY Oneonta women's basketball team as they cruised past the College of Brockport 59-59 in SUNYAC action. Senior
Szkotak led all scorers with 15 points as the Red Dragons stay on top of the conference with the win.
Oneonta saw its 11-point halftime lead cut to two points on a made three at the 17:37 mark of the second half. That would be as close as the Golden Eagles would be for the remainder of the contest as Oneonta asserted its dominance en route to the 20-point victory.
Senior
Slagle and sophomore
Kelly Mulligan (Pearl River/Pearl River) joined Szkotak in double digits with 10 points apiece. The Red Dragons hit 17-of-25 free throws in the game while forcing 23 turnovers.
Szkotak got things started for Oneonta with the opening basket of the contest. Brockport countered with a three-point basket to give the Golden Eagles its only lead of the game at 3-2.
Oneonta then seized control of the game running off 11 unanswered points en route to building themselves a 25-9 lead on a good jumper by senior
Ashley Welytok (Amsterdam/Amsterdam) with 2:26 remaining in the first half.
Oneonta went into halftime leading 28-17.
Women’s Swimming & Diving (2-3)
Jan. 21st at Kumpf Invitational, 3rd with 444.5 points
The SUNY Oneonta women's swimming & diving team competed at the Kumpf Invitational hosted by Rensselaer and came away with a third place finish scoring 444.5 points. SUNY Cortland won the event with 649 points followed by the hosts, who scored 457 points.
Leading the Red Dragons with two second individual second place finishes was sophomore
Melissa Erickson (Silver Spring, MD/Academy of the Holy Cross). Erickson swam a collegiate personal best of 11:13.25 to finish second in the 1,000-yard freestyle. She clocked a 5:31.41 in coming in second in the 500-yard freestyle.
In all, the Oneonta women came away with a total of 15 top-5 finishes on the day.
Freshman
Hannah Hillebrand (Stony Point/North Rockland) was second in the 3-meter, 6 dive event with a score of 200.10. She also placed fifth in the 1-meter, six dive event with a season best score of 184.95.
Senior
Kaitlyn Secor (Beacon/Beacon) had two top-4 finishes in diving. She scored 185.45 to come in third in the 1-meter diving and was fourth in the 3-meter diving with a score of 199.95.
Sophomore
Chandler Shepard (Delhi/Delaware Academy) and freshmen
Carly Cahill (Troy/Troy) and
Kelly Ruf (Poughkeepsie/Roy C. Ketcham) rounded out the group of swimmers that had a pair of top-5 finishes.
Shepard was fourth in both the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events with times of 26.62 and 57.15 respectively. Cahill was third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.70) and fourth in the 500 free (5:36.18). Ruf set a school record in the 200-yard butterfly in finishing fourth. Her time of 2:18.54 bested the old record by nearly one second. She also had a fourth place finish in the 200 free with a time of 2:04.86.
Single top-5 finishers for Oneonta included junior
Kristen Magliola (Shoreham/Shoreham Wading River) and sophomores
Alexxa Poliachik (Niagara Falls/Niagara Wheatfield) and
Lindsey Molfino (Jamestown/Jamestown). Molfino came in third in the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:20.42. Poliachik was fifth in the 200 fly with a time of 2:22.08. Magliola swam a time of 2:39.29 in placing fourth in the 200-yard breaststroke.
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Jan. 21st at Hamilton Continental Invitational
The SUNY Oneonta women’s indoor track & field teams competed at the Hamilton Continental Invitational last Saturday as they continue to prepare for the SUNYAC championship meet in late February.
Leading the men in the meet with a pair of wins was junior
Sean Bernstein (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker). Bernstein was victorious in both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes. He crossed the line in 6.97 in the 60 while clocking a time of 22.51 in winning the 200.
The men took a first place in the 4x200-meter and 4x400-meter relays. The foursome of senior
Jesse Dobson (Farmingville/Sachem East) and freshmen
Robert Farrell (Carmel/Mahopac),
Brandon Lee (West Babylon/West Babylon) and
Kevin Wren (Delanson/Duanesburg) ran a time of 1:32.68 in winning the event.
Sophomores
Tom Haskins (Tully/Tully) and
Brendan Whitney (Fishkill/Beacon) teamed with freshmen
David Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) and
Bobby Gallant (Scotia/Scotia-Glenville) to win the 4x400 relay in a time of 3:33.51. Bohunicky and Whitney were sixth and seventh respectively in the 400-meter run.
The final top-3 finishes for the men were freshman
Andrew Bohunicky (Johnson City/Maine-Endwell) (2nd) in the 1,000-meter run (2:36.17) and senior
Sean Wren (Delanson/Duanesburg) (3rd) in the 200 (23.12).
A trio of Red Dragon juniors finished 2-3-4 in the mile event.
Jared Reynolds (Coeymans Hollow/Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk) was second in a time of 4:26.12,
John Longo (Endwell/Maine-Endwell) was third in a time of 4:26.90 and
Chris Harvey (Kings Park/Kings Park) was fourth in a time of 4:28.81.
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Jan. 21st at Hamilton Continental Invitational
The SUNY Oneonta men’s indoor track & field teams competed at the Hamilton Continental Invitational last Saturday as they continue to prepare for the SUNYAC championship meet in late February.
On the women's side, it was senior
Sarah Timmons (Schodack/Maple Hill) who continued her dominance in the 20-lbs. weight throw event. She was just short of her own school record with a heave of 16.28 meters (53'-5”). She also was fifth in the shot put with a distance of 11.08 meters (36'-4.25”).
The women won both the 4x200 (1:54.21) and 4x800 relays (10:19.51). The winning foursome in the 4x200 included junior Ali DiMura, sophomores
Shana Ventresca (Niagara Falls/Niagara Falls) and
Brittany Cocchieri (Airmont/Suffern) and freshman
Jounia Saint-Juste (Spring Valley/Ramapo).
Sophomore
Danielle Kennedy (Stony Point/Albertus Magnus) joined forces with a trio of freshmen,
Brianna McLoughlin (Yonkers/School of the Holy Child),
Marielle Genovesi (Glen Head/North Shore) and
Cady Kuzmich (Greenwich/Greenwich) to win the 4x800.
Kennedy and McLoughlin also went 2-3 in the mile in times of 5:20.37 and 5:40.88 respectively.
Senior
Lauren Brunetto (Fishkill/Beacon) was fourth in the 400 (1:01.01) and classmate
Lacie Newland (Gloversville/Gloversville) was third in the 500 (1:24.20) for the women. Brunetto and Newland also ran to a second place finish in the 4x400 relay with junior
Shannon Hopkins (Fort Salonga/Kings Park) and freshman
Jaclyn Masucci (Staten Island/St. Joseph by-the-Sea).
The women had two more second place finishes in the meet. Juniors
Hannah Backus (East Meredith/Delaware Academy) and
Kacy Boburka (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) were second in the 5,000-meter run (20:28.09) and the shot put (11.43 meters, 37'6”) respectively.
Wrestling
Jan. 21st at the New York State Collegiate Championships, 12th place with 28.5 points
The SUNY Oneonta wrestlers competed this past weekend at the New York State Collegiate championships hosted by Cornell University. The Red Dragons finished 12th overall with 28.5 points and bring home three All-State wrestlers, who finished in the top-8 in their respective weight classes.
Earning All-State honors for Oneonta were sophomores
Ben Mikac (Lackawanna/Williamsville East) (133) and
Stephen Provenzano (Islip/Islip) (184) and junior
Joey Hauser (Yorktown Heights/Lakeland) (149). Mikac finished 8th while Hauser and Provenzano were 7th in their respective weight classes.
The Red Dragons also had four place winners in the “B” tournament. Sophomore
Sean Hanson (Lorraine/South Jefferson) (133) and freshmen
Alex Pugh (Morrisville/Peru) (125),
Christian Dluginski (Garden City Park/New Hyde Park) (149) and
Michael Almaviva (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) (285) all placed in the top four in their respective weight classes. Almaviva finished in 3rd place while the other three wrestlers finished 4th.
Mikac was seeded fifth in his weight class and lost his first match, 1-0, which dropped him to the consolation side of the bracket. In the consolation bracket he won his first match via a medical forfeit before falling to Tyler Rauenzahn of Army. He lost in the 7/8 match to Marvin Amazan of Ithaca, 9-4.
Hauser was seeded sixth at 149 lbs. and pinned Brandon Heffernan in his opening match before being pinned in the quarterfinals. After winning his next match 10-2 over Dan Gorman of NYU, he fell 5-3 to Ryan Dunphy of Cornell. He finished 7th after receiving a medical forfeit in the 7/8 match.
Provenzano began his day by drawing the top seed at 184 lbs., Carl Korpi of Cortland. He was pinned in 2:49, which dropped him to the consolation bracket. In the consolation bracket, he pinned Tyler Brent of RIT before falling to Jake Pawlowski of NYU, 14-5. In the 7/8 match, Provenzano defeated Alan Djokic of Hunter College, 6-1.
Jan. 25th vs. Ithaca, L 3-40
The Oneonta State wrestling squad ran up against No. 5 Ithaca College last Wednesday night at home and came up on the short end of a 40-3 score. The visiting Bombers won 9-of-10 weight classes including three by pin fall and two by technical fall in recording the lopsided win on the road.
Oneonta did see two of the top wrestlers in Div. III in Ithaca in graduate student Jeremy Stierly and senior Seth Ecker. Stierly, a two-time national runner-up, recorded a technical fall victory over freshman Dluginski, 17-1 at 149 lbs. Ecker, the defending national champion at 133 lbs., recorded Ithaca's other technical fall, 18-2 over senior
Carlos Soto (Brooklyn/Sheepshead Bay).
Oneonta's lone win on the night came at 157 lbs. by sophomore
Dan Graff (LaGrangeville/Arlington), who came back in the final period to defeat Brett Sanko, 5-4. Trailing 4-3 with less than 30 seconds to go in the bout, Graff was able to record a takedown to score the two points to put him ahead. He then was able to hold off Sanko as time expired to pick up his team-leading 10 dual win of the season.
Pins for Ithaca tonight came from Nick Sanko at 165 lbs., Grant Dickey at 174 lbs. and Matt Mahon at 285 lbs.
